Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda Fairstein, the bestselling crime novelist and former chief prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's pioneering Special Victims' Unit.

The loved ones / Tom Junod --
The inside job / Neil Swidey --
The talented Dr. Krist / Steve Fennessy --
The case of the killer priest / Sean Flynn --
Double blind / Matthew Teague --
The school / C.J. Chivers --
A kiss before dying / Pamela Colloff --
The devil in David Berkowitz / Steve Fishman --
The man who loves books too much / Allison Hoover Bartlett --
Dirty old women / Ariel Levy --
Who killed Ellen Andros? / Dan P. Lee --
Fatal connection / David Bernstein --
Last seen on September 10th / Mark Fass --
My roommate, the diamond thief / Brian Boucher --
The monster of Florence / Douglas Preston